Henry Foley (Harry) LEESON

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LEESON, Henry Foley

Service Number:	QX26264
Enlisted:	29 December 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1908
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Logan, Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1950, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

29 Dec 1941:	Involvement QX26264
29 Dec 1941:	Enlisted
29 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX26264
15 Jan 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 7 Training Battalion
2 Mar 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 41 Field Training Battery
28 May 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)
28 Mar 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, HQ 35 AA Battery
2 Mar 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX26264, embarked Brisbane for Morotai per SS Duntroon
14 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX26264, embarked Morotai for Borneo per LST 637
19 Dec 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX26264, 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, embarked Labuan for Brisbane per Pachaud Victory
3 Jan 1946:	Discharged
3 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX26264

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Henry (Harry) was the sixth of seven children of Henry William Leeson (born 1867 at Mt Morgan in QLD) and Charlotte (Lottie) Eliza Mortleman (born 1876 in Ipswich, QLD). Henry, an Engine Driver, and Lottie married in 1893 at Mt Morgan in QLD and lived in Mt Morgan, Stoney Creek and Rockhampton.

Harry was a Clerk in Brisbane in 1935 when he married Amelia (Millicent) Albertina Berthelsen (born 1904 in Mt Morgan, QLD). He played cricket in the Northern 'Northo' Club and was wicket keeper for QLD (Shield Cricket) in the 1930s/1940s. Harry and Millicent settled in Brisbane where Harry was working as a Clerk when he enlisted in the Army in December 1941. He was a Sergeant (Service No:QX26264) attached to 35 Australian Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery when he was Discharged in January 1946.

Harry returned to Ashgrove in Brisbane, QLD and worked as a Salesman. A keen fisherman, he was out on the flooded Logan River with Andrew Thompson on Saturday 24 June 1950 when their boat was swamped and sank. Andrew made it to shore, but Harry drowned. Millicent died in London in 1970.

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